Before entering politics, Dr. Ben Carson’s claim to fame was his career as a neurosurgeon which made huge news in 1987 when he led a 70-member medical team to surgically-remove infant Siamese twins conjoined at the head named Patrick and Benjamin Binder. The surgery looked promising as the boys had separate brains and they were successfully removed. However the success ended shortly after, both boys ended up in a vegetative state in less than two years. Their mother lamented having the operation done.